Big apple — Jason David Frank, who played the green electricity Ranger Tommy Oliver at the Nineteen Nineties children's series "amazing Morphin strength Rangers," has died. He turned into forty nine.
Justine Hunt, Frank's supervisor, stated in a assertion Sunday that Frank surpassed away. She did not name the cause of death or say when he died, but asked for "privateness of his circle of relatives and buddies during this horrible time as we come to phrases with the loss of such a outstanding individual."
Walter Emmanuel Jones, the unique Black strength Ranger who co-starred with Frank in "robust Morphin energy Rangers," wrote on Instagram, that he couldn't trust it. "My heart is sad to have misplaced some other member of our special own family," wrote Jones. Thuy Trang, who performed the original Yellow electricity Ranger, died in a automobile twist of fate in 2001 at age 27.
"mighty Morphin power Rangers," about 5 teenagers deputized to store Earth from the evil, debuted on Fox in 1993 and went directly to end up a pop-lifestyle phenomenon. Early within the first season, Frank's Tommy Oliver was first seen as a villain, brainwashed by means of the evil Rita Repulsa. but quickly after, he was inducted within the organization as the green Ranger and have become one of the maximum popular characters at the show.

Even though his role wasn't intended to be permanent, Frank changed into later brought lower back because the White Ranger and the chief of the crew. across by-product television collection, Frank's Tommy Oliver again as different rangers, as nicely, together with crimson Zeo Ranger, the crimson faster Ranger and the Black Dino Ranger. He also performed him in the films "robust Morphin power Rangers: The movie" and "turbo: A strength Rangers movie," and made a cameo within the 2017 reboot "electricity Rangers."
A practitioner of martial arts, Frank fought in several mixed martial arts bouts in 2009 and 2010.
TMZ in advance reported that Frank's 2d wife, Tammie Frank, filed for divorce from him in August. Frank is survived by means of four children; one from his marriage with Tammie Frank and three from his first marriage to Shawna Frank.